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I have a Compaq Presario laptop from 2011. I currently have Windows XP installed on it. I'm seriously thinking about upgrading to Windows 8 though. I'm very impressed with what I've seen of Win8 thus far.

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I have a Compaq Presario laptop from 2011. I currently have Windows XP installed on it. I'm seriously thinking about upgrading to Windows 8 though. I'm very impressed with what I've seen of Win8 thus far.
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You won't be disappointed. Just make sure you get the latest touchpad drivers.

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The only upgrades to the specs of the machine (that make a difference in performance) are upgrading to 4GB of RAM from 2GB (this was done back in 2008 [machine bought in 2006]), a Radeon HD3850 that I added on...also back in 2008, and putting in an SSD in 2011.

It runs things very well...and still plays all of the latest games with good detail. I do intend to upgrade at some point...but being that this is a BTX machine it means buying pretty much everything new...case and all.

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Mine is a first Gen i3 from 2010, but I'm looking to buy a new pc
I'm eyeballing the Lenovo Yoga 13' but I want to read some more reviews first.
Or maybe I'll wait and see what those new Clover Trail Atoms do once they come out.

Also looking into buying a Surface RT for my girlfriend, she only uses her laptop to browse the internet and play some simple games

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Might upgrade soon, where's the web site where I can legally get media center for free from M$ till jan 31st? Just used 8 few min ago at staples on a Samsung tablet ( non rt) and man it's fast... Metro was somewhat easy to use on a touch screen... Have to admit, ( albeit some tiny issues, fat fingers) btw, how are the speed of transfer of 8?

Mine has a C2D (T6400), no bluetooth, 4GB Ram. It's a little old, but it really screams with 8 on it! I think I'm having some slight chipset driver issues, but that'll get ironed out with time...it's not a show-stopper or anything, but occasionally, audio stutters for a few seconds (had the same thing on 7, but used older chipset drivers and it solved it...those drivers don't work with 8 without forcing them...which I don't want to do, so I'll wait and see if intel releases any proper chipset drivers for this system that are 8 compatible)

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Can't really put an age on my desktop since it's been upgraded with something almost every year.
In December 2007 it had this: C2Q Q6600, 2 GB of RAM, 8800 GT, Audigy soundcard, GA-P35C-DS3R as the mobo, and a WD 500 GB (WD5000KS?) as the drive for Windows. Primary OS was XP and sometimes dualbooted into Vista.
In 2008: Swapped Audigy for an X-Fi Prelude and put in a WD6400AAKS for the Windows drive.
2009: Added 4 GB of RAM for a total of 6 GB. Stopped dualbooting and stuck with Windows 7.
2010: (no updates this year... I think)
2011: Swapped out the aging PSU (was 5.5 years old) and replaced the case just for the hell of it.
2012: Swapped out the 8800 GT after it began artifacting for the GTX 670. Replaced Win7 with Win8 in late August. Threw in a SSD for Windows. Got a larger monitor.

I left out adding in secondary hard drives since those don't really contribute to the core build. But otherwise this system could be considered 3 years old or 5 if you're going by the oldest part. That's the beauty of modular DIY PCs.

The laptop is easier to calculate. 2 years old with a SSD and memory upgrade.